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Namikoshiken is a Nagoya-based sweets store that's been in business since 1927. They produce some of the most adorable animal-themed manju, buns with various filling like sweet bean jam, we've ever seen!

The delicious delights of being in Japan aren't limited to the amazing sushi and tea. Being in the country also surprisingly gives you access to the world's greatest variety of Kit Kat flavors and variations.

The Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da. (Kokosake or The Anthem of the Heart) anime film earned more than 300 million yen (about US$2. 5 million) in its first five days at the Japanese box office, and sold approximately 235,000 tickets.

This week's issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has revealed that the second season of the anime adaptation of Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) manga will start its broadcast in January 2016.

Music Station, also known as M Sute, MS, and M Station, is a Japanese music television program on TV Asahi. The event MUSIC STATION Ultra FES has been launched today in celebration of the program's 30th anniversary, and features over 10 hours of t...

Tokyo Game Show is one of those huge events in Japan that keeps attracting more and more visitors every year. This year's Tokyo Game Show saw almost 300,000 people (268,446) through the doors of Makuhari Messe over 4 days, breaking the previous re...

The anime adaptation of Kazuma Kamachi's Heavy Object light novel series recently got its October 3rd, 2015 Japanese premiere date and now a new bit of information has surfaced about the series. According to an update on the Anime Digital Network ...

Just in time for the festivities of New York Comic Con, Kadokawa is re-vamping their English language Book Walker app and expanding their online library with some 700 new light novel and manga titles translated into English.

We've been waiting on the edge of our seats over here at OUSA HQ for any word on the new Godzilla film, so we were thrilled this morning to get word of the film's title - which, as it turns out, is literally New Godzilla.

The newest live-action Attack on Titan film has earned about half the box office of the previous one in its first two days. Volume racked in 603 million yen (US$5 million), while volume earned 327 million yen ($2.

The American site Buzzfeed and the American music magazine Rolling Stone both recently released lists that featured Japanese acts. Buzzfeed released a list titled "34 Non-American Musicians You Need To Add To Your Playlist", while Rolling Stone's ...

POP continues their journey towards redemption as the challengers have been announced for Gyu-No Fest vol. 7 "Pride of Pinchike" (October 3, 2015), the idol event organized by Gyuzo (Tokyo Shock Boys, aka Tokyo Dengeki Network) to support his home...

Saban Brands has been advertising a new "girls action" TV show in trade magazines under the title of Glitter Force, and the artwork used is from Smile PreCure! , a 2012 TV anime from Toei. Glitter Force is described as being a 40 episode series, w...

After making their appearance at Taiwan for the infinite synthesis tour, fripSide returns to AFA Indonesia on the 26 September 2015. Introduction to fripSide fripSide has come a long way, formed back in 2002, the composer Satoshi Yaginuma and sing...

Amazon will sell its Fire TV streaming media box and Fire TV Stick to make it easier to stream video in Japan (AFP Photo/Kazuhiro Nogi) US online giant Amazon said Thursday it was launching its streaming video service in Japan along with its Fire ...

With a DVD release of schoolgirl assassin anime Riddle Story of Devil scheduled for December 8th, FUNimation has been blogging a multi-part introduction of the series English dub cast, which wrapped up with a final five additions this afternoon.

By Jenni . September 24, 2015 . 11:11am Atlus has confirmed another character for the North American release of Persona 4: Dancing All Night. Hatsune Miku will be coming to North America. As with the Tohru Adachi and Marie add-ons, the Miku DLC wi...

Remember the Muv-Luv visual novel Kickstarter we posted about back in June? It's now officially live and seeking $250,000 to localize the first two entries in the series, 2003's Muv-Luv and 2006's Muv-Luv Alternative.

Enjoy this kawaii anime opening of Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book JRPG, which will be released on October 19 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita platforms. The post Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Myste...

By Tala Pascual , Christian Post Contributor September 24, 2015|12:19 pm "One Piece" is a manga that has an anime series of the same name by Eiichiro Oda. The manga follows a 17-year-old-boy named Monkey D.

Bandai Namco recently announced a tactical RPG for PlayStation Vita based on the dark fantasy manga series Seraph of the End. The game's first trailer shows us a look at how it plays. Seraph of the End: Beginning of Fate will release in Japan on D...

With the ninth volume of the One-Punch Man manga released last month with a drama CD bundle, the first bundled bonus of its run, things are looking up for the tenth installment in an entirely expected way.

By Sato . September 24, 2015 . 2:41am Falcom and Chara-Ani are working together on the enhanced title of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Evolution SC for PlayStation Vita, and online retailer Rakuten reveals that the game will release in J...

'Attack on Titan' is already an absolutely brutal anime - and, somehow, this stop-motion short is just as gory and violent as the original! (Photo : Jordan Tseng) If you've watched anime at any point over the last three years, you know what Attack...

The official website for the "ARIA: Ao no Curtain Call" project has revealed the details of the upcoming perfect edition of Kozue Amono's AQUA/ARIA manga series. The original series had 14 volumes in total; AQUA had two and its sequel ARIA had 12.

By Sato . September 23, 2015 . 9:40pm Sega's latest trailer for their upcoming fighter Blade Arcus from Shining EX shows off some of the characters from its Shining series, in addition to its art gallery that features a bunch of illustrations of i...